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Lerner Boards Up Offices, Moves Up Pub Date for Book on Protests
While almost every indie bookstore in Minneapolis has been touched by protests in the wake of George Floyd's killing by a police officer just over a week ago, local publishers have been affected as well—though none so dramatically as Lerner Publishing Group.
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BookExpo 2020: YA Editors' Buzz
Last Friday, BookExpo hosted its annual Young Adult Editors' Buzz, uniting five editors and their respective debut authors in conversation about their highly anticipated new books.
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Jeff Kinney Names 10 Inaugural Who Was? History Bee Champions
More than 25,000 students from 49 states participated in the inaugural Who Was? History Bee national competition for young historians in grades three to five, inspired by the Who Was? series of children’s biographies.
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Children's Job Moves: May 2020
Job moves in children's publishing during May 2020.
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Penguin and Ladybird Announce New Partnership
Penguin Young Readers has teamed up with Ladybird, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, to develop and publish select books for young readers in the U.S. market.
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BookExpo 2020: Tuning in to Children's Book Coverage
This year's BookExpo is practicing social and professional distancing by bringing the widespread children's publishing community together with a roster of online events to be held Thursday and Friday.
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In Brief: May 27, 2020
This week, Nic Stone represents Wakanda; Candy J. Cooper and Marc Aronson make a splash; Brian Weisfeld turns a sour situation into a sweet opportunity; and Amanda Sellet celebrates her launch in some good company.
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In Support of Indie Bookstores, Dozens of Illustrators Send Art
More than 50 of the nation’s leading illustrators have joined together, sending packages of art for free to independent bookstores, which the stores are then giving away to customers who place online orders.
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Candlewick Launches Online Summer 'Camp'
Candlewick Press has launched a program for children and teens wondering what to do with their long summer days amid the pandemic.
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In Brief: May 21, 2020
This week, Mark Oshiro, TJ Klune, and Lauren Shippen discuss mental health representation; Mari Mancusi and Henry Clark have a fiery launch; Andrea Beaty and David Roberts honor Iggy Day; and Barbara McClintock gives a fur-miliar nursery rhyme a facelift.
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Restructuring at Simon & Schuster Children’s
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing will be reorganizing under two publishing entities: a trade publishing group and a new branded publishing team.
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'James and the Giant Peach' Reading Raises Funds for Global Health Initiative
Roald Dahl's children's classic novel 'James and the Giant Peach' is heading from the page to the screen in support of a major global health initiative's work to combat the new coronavirus.
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More Mondays with Michelle Obama
The weekly read-aloud series for kids and families, "Mondays with Michelle Obama," which launched on April 20 as a joint effort from the former First Lady, Penguin Young Readers, Random House Children's Books, and PBS Kids, has been such a hit, it's been extended to include four more stories—and feature some very special guests.
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The Bookcoin: A New Way to Buy Children's Books in Italy
Amid the disruption of the pandemic, independent bookshop members of the Italian Children's Booksellers Association are developing projects to support their community, including a new currency that could be used to buy books.
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A Virtual Bologna: One Agent's Experience
Marietta B. Zacker of the Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency shares her reflections on connecting with clients during the pandemic through the Bologna Children's Book Fair's virtual event.
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Adaptation, the Amazon Problem, and Future Trends: A Bologna 2020 Panel
Kicking off the virtual fair, a panel called "Children’s Publishing in the 'New Normal': How Children's Publishers are Adapting to a Post-Pandemic World" featured international publishers discussing the current and future landscape of the industry.
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In Brief: May 14, 2020
This week, Brandy Colbert and Mary Cecilia Jackson cast a spell on the digital crowd; the Duchess of Sussex hosts a charitable storytime; Maris Wicks, Ali Wilgus, Wyeth Yates, and Rosemary Mosco speak on a panel that's out of this world; and Sarah S. Brannen and Lucia Soto throw some rice for their new book.
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2020 Children's Book Week Recap
After reconfiguring this year's Children's Book Week into an entirely virtual format, the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader wrapped up their annual literacy celebration for an online audience of booksellers, librarians, and educators.
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Everywhere Book Fest in Photos
The inaugural Everywhere Book Fest took place online May 1–2, reaching more than 43,000 unique viewers from around the world; the festival was created by a group of authors to bring the joy of children's books to young readers and their families at home during the pandemic.
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Working from Home: An Editor's Tale
Caitlyn M. Dlouhy, v-p and editorial director of Caitlyn Dlouhy Books at S&S/Atheneum, confronts an unexpected set of pet-related challenges while trying to do her job remotely—continuing our series on how children’s publishing staffers are coping during the pandemic.
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